The Kel-Tec P32 is a sub-compact semi-automatic pistol using the short-recoil principle of operation that is chambered in .32 ACP . It was designed by George Kellgren . It is manufactured by Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc., of Cocoa, Florida and was designed for concealed carry by citizens and by law enforcement officers as a back-up gun.
9-486: Manufactured by Kel-Tec CNC Industries (founded 1991) in the city of Cocoa, Florida , United States, the P32 has a barrel length of 2.68 inches (68 mm). Unlike almost all blowback pocket pistols of the 20th century, P32 operates on Browning 's short-recoil principle with a locked breech, allowing to mitigate recoil despite the very low weight (this solution became popular in the following decades). Similar in concept to
18-414: A revolver, the P32 has no manual safety, relying instead on the long double-action trigger pull and an internal hammer block to provide safe operation. The pistol meets SAAMI guidelines, and will not fire if dropped. The P32 has passed extensive SAAMI drop-testing at the H. P. White labs, as well as drop tests to military specifications. The trigger must physically be pulled for the gun to fire. The P32
27-620: A tube placed over the barrel that ejects the spent case forwards, over the handguard of the rifle. This eliminates a major drawback of bullpup rifles, which is that they may not be readily usable by left-handed shooters. Distribution of the RFB rifles in the USA was scheduled for February 2009; as of 2013, it has been publicly released for sale. As a further Revolution of the Bullpup, the RDB (Rifle Downward-ejecting Bullpup)
36-644: A wide variety of firearms, ranging from semi-automatic handguns, i.e. pistols, to semi-automatic rifles and shotguns. Weapons manufactured by Kel-Tec include the P-11 pistol ( 9 mm ); the P-32 pistol ( 32 ACP ); the P-3AT pistol ( .380 ACP ); the P-40 ( .40 S&W )(discontinued); the SUB-9 and the later SUB-2000 , both semi-automatic pistol caliber carbines that fold for storage. In addition,
45-560: Is made of the following materials: SAE 4140 ordnance steel for the barrel and slide; 7075-T6 aluminum for the internal frame which houses the firing mechanism (machined from a solid block of aluminum); and Dupont ST-8018 ultra-high-impact polymer for the checkered grip, frame, and trigger. Kel-Tec Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc. , commonly referred to as KelTec , is an American developer and manufacturer of firearms. Founded by George Kellgren in 1991 and based in Cocoa, Florida ,
54-457: The RFB , standing for "Rifle, Forward-ejection, Bull-pup." The RFB is a gas-operated semi-automatic rifle with tilting breech block locking mechanism, loads the 7.62×51 NATO cartridge and uses metric FAL magazines; the RFB "family" consists in a series of bullpup rifles with three barrel lengths (18" barrel carbine, 24" sporter and 32" target versions), and a patented forward-ejection system via
63-556: The PMR30. The PF-9 , a flat 9×19mm single-column magazine semi-automatic pistol based on the earlier P-11 and P-3AT designs, was upon its release in 2006 touted as the thinnest and lightest 9 mm pistol ever mass-produced. The PF-9 was retired in 2022 and replaced with the P15 . At the 2007 SHOT Show held in Orlando, Florida , Kel-Tec introduced a series of new "High-Efficiency Rifles" called
72-483: The company has manufactured firearms since 1995, starting with semi-automatic pistols and expanding to rifles and then shotguns. Kel-Tec is a privately owned Florida corporation. George Kellgren, Kel-Tec owner and chief engineer, is a Swedish designer who also designed many earlier Husqvarna , Swedish Interdynamics AB (in Sweden), Intratec and Grendel brand firearms. The company has been developing and manufacturing
81-592: The company offers a family of 5.56×45mm rifles known as the SU-16 series. November 2005 saw the introduction of the PLR-16 , a long-range pistol design based on key design elements copied from the earlier SU-16 rifle design. In 2010 Kel Tec introduced the PMR30 , a lightweight, full-size, .22 Magnum 30-shot semiautomatic pistol. In 2016, Kel-Tec introduced the CMR-30 carbine, based on
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